The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Oxfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 26 44 33
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -11
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 24 13 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 5.322% 2.090% 3.233%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.86% 11.71% 9.146%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £145 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £225
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 13
Average hourly rate £13.75 £15.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.29% +29.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.71 £11.43 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.75 £17.75 £14.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.63
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +10.89%
All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
105 111 164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 23.28% 17.85% 35.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 33 66
Average daily rate £305 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £225 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £380 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 27 37
Average hourly rate £14.63 £16.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.36% +13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.90 £11.50 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £23.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows XP
South East

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Oxfordshire Windows XP Jobs Demand Trend

Windows XP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows XP across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Windows XP Daily Rate Trend

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Oxfordshire Windows XP Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows XP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Oxford +15 17 - -
Abingdon +4 1 £145 -
Windows XP
South East

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows XP.

1 43 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (65.12%) Windows 7
3 21 (48.84%) MS Office
4 19 (44.19%) Microsoft
5 18 (41.86%) Active Directory
6 17 (39.53%) DNS
7 10 (23.26%) TCP/IP
7 10 (23.26%) DHCP
8 9 (20.93%) MS Excel
8 9 (20.93%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (13.95%) MS Exchange
9 6 (13.95%) Windows 2000
9 6 (13.95%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (11.63%) Blackberry
10 5 (11.63%) VMware
10 5 (11.63%) Degree
11 4 (9.302%) iPhone
11 4 (9.302%) iPad
11 4 (9.302%) Citrix
11 4 (9.302%) VPN
11 4 (9.302%) VoIP
12 3 (6.977%) ITIL
12 3 (6.977%) Remedy
12 3 (6.977%) Security Cleared
12 3 (6.977%) VMware Infrastructure
12 3 (6.977%) Windows Vista
12 3 (6.977%) SCCM
13 2 (4.651%) PDA
13 2 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2007
13 2 (4.651%) SC Cleared

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows XP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (13.95%) MS Exchange
2 2 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (2.326%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 21 (48.84%) MS Office
2 9 (20.93%) MS Excel
3 2 (4.651%) MS Project
4 1 (2.326%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 17 (39.53%) DNS
2 10 (23.26%) TCP/IP
2 10 (23.26%) DHCP
3 4 (9.302%) VPN
3 4 (9.302%) VoIP
4 2 (4.651%) Firewall
4 2 (4.651%) Internet
4 2 (4.651%) WAN
4 2 (4.651%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.326%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (2.326%) Manufacturing
1 1 (2.326%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (30.23%) IT Support
2 12 (27.91%) Support Engineer
3 10 (23.26%) Analyst
4 7 (16.28%) Support Analyst
5 6 (13.95%) Desktop Support
6 5 (11.63%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (11.63%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (9.302%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (9.302%) Support Technician
7 4 (9.302%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (6.977%) IT Support Technician
8 3 (6.977%) Help Desk Support
9 2 (4.651%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (4.651%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (4.651%) Desktop Technician
9 2 (4.651%) IT Support Engineer
9 2 (4.651%) Desktop Analyst
9 2 (4.651%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 2 (4.651%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 2 (4.651%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Blackberry
2 4 (9.302%) iPhone
2 4 (9.302%) iPad
3 2 (4.651%) PDA
4 1 (2.326%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 43 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (65.12%) Windows 7
3 9 (20.93%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (13.95%) Windows 2000
4 6 (13.95%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (6.977%) Windows Vista
6 2 (4.651%) UNIX
6 2 (4.651%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (6.977%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) Degree
2 3 (6.977%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.651%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.651%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.651%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.651%) CCNA
3 2 (4.651%) MCP
4 1 (2.326%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.326%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (41.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.977%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.326%) VMware ESX
3 1 (2.326%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (2.326%) vSphere
3 1 (2.326%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (6.977%) SCCM
2 1 (2.326%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 19 (44.19%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) VMware
3 4 (9.302%) Citrix
4 3 (6.977%) Remedy
5 2 (4.651%) Cisco
5 2 (4.651%) Apple
5 2 (4.651%) HP
5 2 (4.651%) Dell
6 1 (2.326%) Altiris
6 1 (2.326%) LANDesk
Abingdon, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £170 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £120 - £170 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013